방학

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 放學, from (release, free, liberate) + (learning, knowledge, school).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?banghak
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?banghag
    McCune–Reischauer?panghak
    Yale Romanization?panghak

    Noun

    방학 • (banghak) (hanja 放學)

    1. school vacation; school holiday

    Derived terms

    • 방학하다 (放學하다, banghakhada, “to take a school vacation”)